Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon

Practice Details

• Join two Cardiothoracic Surgeons in a full-time broad specturm cardiac and general thoracic community practice

• Multi-hospital shared weekend call schedule among 3 physicians

• Care team includes: 5 seasoned APCs, 2 RNs and 1 CMA

• Competitive salary (base pay, bonuses available, yearly CME stipend, CTO allotment)

• Relocation assistance available

• Health, vision, dental, short & long term disability, life insurance, retirement plans (401K and 457B) and professional liability insurance

What Makes This Opportunity Unique?

• Bellin Health has been recognized as one of the Nation's 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospital in 2026. Receiving this recognition 14 times in the last 20 years. Bellin was the only hospital in Wisconsin to achieve the recognition in 2026

• Emplify Health by Bellin's CV&T Vision: Dedicated to excellence in outcomes, we are a unified group of providers committed to collaboration and accountability. Our mission is to bring innovative, comprehensive, and exceptional Cardiothoracic services to the community and region.

• Candidate has the opportunity for a mentorship/collaboration with seasoned CV&T physicians to develop their skills as they work at Emplify Health by Bellin

• 650,000 Lives in the Bellin Region

• Participation in STS database

• Practice Percentages: 70% cardiac cases, 30% general thoracic

• Robust Cardiology referral base with advanced structural Heart Program and TAVR Program with 4 EP Physicians and 51 providers

• Expansive Primary Care Provider base with 179 PCPs and 29 Primary Care Clinics

• Bellin Canter Team has been accredited by the Commission on Cancer, a program of the American College of Surgeons, since 2016 with 25 providers

• Evolving Pulmonary Program to include EBUS on ION Robot with 2 Pulmonary Critical Care Physicians

• State of the art robotics program

• Opportunities to influence and participate in health system governance

• Emplify Health by Bellin has a locally run board, which allows for us to be more tied into the community needs

• Elaborate partnership between administration and physician base with emphasis on leadership development for all clinicians

Services Offered:

1. Tradition of Excellence in Cardiac Surgery

• Coronary artery bypass - including re-operative

• Complex valve repair and replacement

• Reconstruction of Aorta and Aortic Root

• Surgical Treatment of Thoracic Aortic Disease (TEVAR, Thoracic endovascular aortic repair)

• Atrial Fib ablation procedures

• TAVR (catheter based aortic valve replacement)

2. Innovation in Surgery of the chest, lung, and esophagus

• Robotic Assisted Lung Cancer Surgery since 2006

• Surgery for motility disorders of the esophagus and Zenker's diverticulum

• Minimally invasive surgery for: esophageal cancer, benign esophageal disease repair of defects of the diaphragm, surgery for myasthenia gravis and tumors of the thymus, repair of complex or large hiatal hernia

3. Comprehensive Surgery for Prevention of Stroke

• Carotid endarterectomy

• TCAR (trans-carotid artery revascularization)

Qualifications:

• Completion of an accredited surgery residency program

• Board Certified/Board Eligible

• Experience in the following: A care interest in cardiac surgery including CAB, Mitral Valve repair/replacement, AVR and Root Reconstruction, Ascending Aorta and Arch Reconstruction, Robotic General Thoracic Surgery, TAVR

For additional information please contact:

Kayla Niquette

Physician Recruiter

Emplify Health by Bellin